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The Wise and the Wherefores — 79 episodes

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Authors Liz Dodd and Rhidian Brook talk Lent with Ruth Gledhill

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New Archbishop of Westminster Richard Moth talks to The Tablet

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Ruth and Liz discuss Liz’s new Lent book – and the future of liberalism

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A new Archbishop of Westminster, women deacons in the Catholic Church and embracing Advent

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Pope Leo and Dilexi te, robot vacuum cleaners, sport and more

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Donald Trump in the UK, meditating on Star Wars and why the Religious life still appeals to so many

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Pope Leo XIV – fit for Rome, on the tennis court and in the gym as well!

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Pope Francis – his legacy, and the coming conclave

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Pope Francis is in hospital – what this means for the Church and the world

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The Tablet Podcast with Ruth Gledhill and Liz Dodd, Episode One: women's ordination, Trump, best Catholic films

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Lorraine Currie of Sciaf talks to Ruth Gledhill about existing projects and future plans for Scotland’s international aid charity

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Trump, Catholicism and the US elections

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The Season of Creation and Laudato Si’ – a view from the US in this election year

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Pilgrimage to Patmos with Fr Nicholas King SJ

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Making peace in the past, present and future – Catholic bishops on the way forward

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Pope Francis, Ukraine and just war theory

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Why oh why, Aquinas

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Does truth still matter?

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The Tablet Book Club – ‘A Faithful Spy’ with author Jimmy Burns and broadcaster Emily Buchanan

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The Church’s radical reform – After the Vatican synod, what happens now? 

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A ‘Family Matters’ webinar with Brendan Walsh, Editor of The Tablet

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Openness to the Spirit vs Structuring the Synod – Is it possible to have both?

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A conversation with Fr Timothy Radcliffe OP, ‘spiritual father’ of the synod

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The Catholic Church and how it got to where it is today

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How does the new synod process work? An interview with Austen Ivereigh

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Promoting racial and cultural inclusion in the Catholic Church

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The Catholic Church’s radical reform – the new prior of Taizé talks synod

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Serving Cafod on the front line – Tony Sheen on the art of volunteering

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Archbishop Malcolm McMahon talks to Christopher Lamb

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The Catholic priest known as ‘Tucho’ who is the new man in charge of the ‘Holy Office’ in Rome

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Martyr in the cathedral – St Thomas Becket at Northampton

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Reform from the grassroots upwards: an interview with Myriam Wijlens

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Come with The Tablet on our trip to Turkey, taking in the Seven Churches of Revelation, Cappadocia and more

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The Tablet in conjunction with Sarum College – What does Francis of Assisi have to say to theology today?

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The World Bank, farmers and poverty – why experts at Cafod are so concerned

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Mary’s Meals and the feeding of the 2.5 million

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For a Synodal Church: Communion, Participation, Mission – where are the synodal discussions leading the Catholic Church?

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The Church's Radical Reform – Leadership in Uncertain Times

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A Tablet Webinar: Choosing which life to save – allocating healthcare resources in a pandemic.

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‘Give us better homilies’ - the worldwide Catholic Church’s plea to the Pope

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The Church’s Radical Reform – a Listening Church?

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Fr Ed Dowling SJ - the story of Bill W’s spiritual sponsor

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Pope Francis ten years on

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The Pope, the Moderator and the Archbishop of Canterbury – DR Congo and South Sudan

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Ruth Gledhill talks to Catherine Pepinster about the legacy of Benedict XVI

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The death of Benedict XVI and what happens now – Ruth Gledhill talks to Christopher Lamb

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The Church’s Radical Reform – Conflict Resolution and Lessons from Australia

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The Church’s Radical Reform – the German challenge

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The Church’s radical reform – calm amid the storms

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The Church's Radical Reform – Inclusion and Reconciliation: Voices from Africa

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View from Rome with Christopher Lamb

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A Tablet Webinar: The impact of Catholic education in civil society and the wider realm

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Synod Watch Two – Synod wisdom from the Religious

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Robots, drones and smart churches? Catholic Social Teaching and the Artificial Intelligence Revolution

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The synodal process is something 'totally new' says Maradiaga

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The Synodal Pathway: Good News for Catholic Women

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The Church’s radical reform – women lead the way

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The Church's radical reform – what is a synod?

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In Advent, we affirm our faith that we have a future.

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The need to need to create 'a world without racism'

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A sermon by Fr Alban McCoy for the third Sunday in Lent

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The shocking rise in Christian persecution

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Austen Ivereigh talks about the Pope’s new book for a post-Covid world.

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A damning indictment: child sex abuse, IICSA and the Catholic Church

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Rome correspondent Christopher Lamb on the long-awaited McCarrick report

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Elena Curti on 50 Catholic churches to see before you die.

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Archbishop Kevin McDonald on relations with other faiths – and anti-Semitism in the Labour Party

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The unjust arrest and imprisonment in India of Fr Stan Swamy SJ, aged 83

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Christopher Lamb discusses the Pope’s comments in support of civil unions for gay couples

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How to be a ‘Good Samaritan’ in the time of Covid

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Mary McAleese, former President of Ireland, on her life, Catholic faith and hopes for the future

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Fratelli Tutti - the vision of Pope Francis in his new encyclical

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A leading campaigner for women’s ordination on what the Pope must change and why

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Christopher Lamb discusses the new CDF letter on euthanasia

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Human rights activist Benedict Rogers on the latest steps to address the persecution of the Uyghurs in China

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Brothers indeed, but where are all the sisters? Liz Dodd on the Pope's new encyclical Fratelli tutti

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'Dangerous and insouciant' – what is really going on with international trade and the law

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An Archbishop in exile, a country in turmoil – Jonathan Luxmoore on Belarus

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Fratelli tutti - the Pope’s new encyclical